Match ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Portsmouth 0.
WycombeWycombe Wanderers0PortsmouthPortsmouth0
Wycombe slipped to third in League Two after being held to a third draw in a row by Portsmouth at Adams Park.
Pompey had the best early chances, but Matt Tubbs was thwarted by keeper Matt Ingram and then defender Joe Jacobson.
The Chairboys almost went in front just before the break only for Jacobson to thunder a powerful shot against the crossbar from Peter Murphy's pull back.
Fred Onyedinma turned Jacobson's cross just wide but Wycombe could find no way through as the second half fizzled out.
Both Shrewsbury and Burton are now one point ahead of Wanderers at the top of the table, while Portsmouth's point kept them in 18th place, just two points above the bottom two.
Wycombe Wanderers boss Gareth Ainsworth told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"I thought we defended really well and in the second half we dominated them. I think 0-0 is a fair reflection of this game.
"I think that's six clean sheets in seven games now. We need to find the net at the other end and make those clean sheets count.
"They've done their homework. They've changed from last week, which they had to really. It was a game of two halves, if you'd been at the game you would have seen that.
"Elusive today, that final touch. But we'll take a point. We were a goal away today from three points and we would have stayed top of the league."
Portsmouth manager Andy Awford told BBC Radio Solent:
"We deserved the point, it was a very good performance but we need to start turning these draws into wins.
"We've drawn three out of five and could have won all three of those.
"We had a lot of chances and should have been out of sight at halftime. Everyone in the ground would struggle to disagree with that.
"We carved them open time after time and it was a good, solid performance."
Line-ups
Wycombe
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 1Ingram
- 2Jombati
- 6Pierre
- 26Mawson
- 3Jacobson
- 8Bean
- 31EphraimSubstituted forHollowayat 66'minutesBooked at 83mins
- 15Murphy
- 23Onyedinma
- 11Wood
- 19McClureSubstituted forCraigat 79'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Bloomfield
- 12Craig
- 13Richardson
- 18Rowe
- 22Kretzschmar
- 25Holloway
- 27Senior
Portsmouth
Formation 3-5-2
- 1JonesBooked at 86mins
- 6ChorleySubstituted forDeveraat 89'minutes
- 16Robinson
- 3WhatmoughBooked at 82mins
- 18PassleyBooked at 53mins
- 29Hollands
- 8J Wallace
- 21DunneBooked at 90mins
- 34Butler
- 9Taylor
- 14TubbsSubstituted forErtlat 90+2'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Devera
- 7Barcham
- 13Ertl
- 20Westcarr
- 22Poke
- 25Atangana
- 36Chaplin
- Referee:
- Andy D'Urso
- Attendance:
- 5,829
Match Stats
Home TeamWycombeAway TeamPortsmouth
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home7
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home1
- Away2
- Corners
- Home4
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home12
- Away10
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Wycombe Wanderers 0, Portsmouth 0.
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Attempt missed. Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
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Attempt missed. Sido Jombati (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution
Substitution, Portsmouth. Johannes Ertl replaces Matt Tubbs.
Booking
James Dunne (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Jed Wallace (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Portsmouth. Joe Devera replaces Ben Chorley because of an injury.
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Foul by Aaron Holloway (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Paul Robinson (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Paul Jones (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers).
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(Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Paul Jones.
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Corner, Wycombe Wanderers. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
Booking
Aaron Holloway (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Aaron Holloway (Wycombe Wanderers).
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Jed Wallace (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Jack Whatmough (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
